Seaweed in your green tea Frappuccino? Starbucks Japan has a bold idea for its New Year’s drink

Starbucks goes old school with the semi-secret ingredient in its newest matcha Frappuccino.

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Japan’s Pigeon Calculator now available in English!

As much English as you need for a calculator at least.

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This Akihabara restaurant is the new best place in Tokyo to eat chicken nanban

Kyushu specialty gets the senmonten treatment in Tokyo’s otaku district.

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We try a Le Lectier, the highest-quality European pear available in Japan【Taste Test】

This luxury pear is grown almost exclusively in Niigata. Is it worth splurging on?

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Japan’s snack of almonds and whole fish might not be for everyone【Taste test】

The snack of champions.

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Why is there a fish on this Shake Shack Japan T-shirt?

The linguistic and cultural reasons behind the design of one of our burger-loving reporter’s favorite pieces of clothing.

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Do Japanese superfans really want to marry their favorite idol?【Survey】

Responses show fans have some complicated feelings about their oshi.

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We lost the Starbucks lucky bag lotto, so we went on a luxury Starbucks shopping spree instead

How much can 7,700 yen (US$58) buy you at the Starbucks Reserve Roastery? 

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Spy x Family Secret Mission attraction coming to Universal Studios Japan to test your spy smarts

WISE is recruiting new agents to solve a park-wide mystery.

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Eight boars drop dead around Japan’s Killing Stone【Video】

Stone said to imprison evil fox spirit spilt in half earlier this year.

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These 7-Elevens are gettin’ fancy! We try their pate and terrine【Taste Test】

The question is, do we want a convenience store to sell luxury food at a reasonable price?

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There’s a new world’s largest anime robot statue, and it’s not in Japan【Photos】

Guinness grants glory to Grendizer.

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Japan’s Lawson convenience store to add flavorless candy to permanent lineup

A tastelessness of things to come…

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Starbucks Reserve Roastery sells lucky Japanese figurines to ring in 2023

Mermaids, whales, and rabbits are in for 2023.

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Toei Kyoto Studio Park takes you back in time to Edo period Japan, but all is not what it seems

Join us on a guided tour of the film set where hundreds of Japanese period movies and dramas are filmed every year.

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Live-action Hunter x Hunter stage play is first in almost 20 years, reveals in-costume cast【Vid】

Star of adaptation of hit anime/manga wasn’t even born the last time there was a Hunter x Hunter stage play.

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Drunk Japanese politician in trouble for doing pullups inside moving train【Video】

Says he has no memory of why he thought that’d be a good idea.

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Ash and Pikachu are stepping down as the main characters of the Pokémon anime【Video】

The “final chapter of Ash and Pikachu’s story” is starting, and after it’s done the Pokémon anime is getting two new protagonists.

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Kyoto’s uniquely beautiful New Year’s tradition is being carried on by Starbucks Japan【Photos】

Before all of Japan had gacha machines, Kyoto had fukudama, and the coffeehouse chain is helping make sure the city still does.

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People in Japan vote for their favourite ramen chain, with surprising results

Survey into noodle joints reveals some chains people may have never heard of.

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